Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.
This quote by Benjamin Franklin is basically inquiry learning in a nutshell. Preparing students for living and working in the changing 21st century is a challenge for today's educators (Kuhlthau, 2010) which is where inquiry learning comes in.
Definitions of Inquiry
"Inquiry is an approach to learning whereby students find and use a variety of sources of information and ideas to increase their understanding of a problem, topic or issue." (Kuhlthau, Maniotes & Caspari, 2007).
"Inquiry based teaching is problem or question driven; it encourages collaboration; it makes kids into exploreres and discoverers; it requires kids to think; and it puts teachers into nonconventional roles." (Harvey & Daniels, 2009).
What does inquiry include? (Reid, n.d.)
Do you want to watch an example?
Do you want to learn more?
Thirteen Ed Online (Concept to Classroom) has this great site that has:
-explanation of inquiry based learning
-demonstration of inquiry in classrooms (with videos to watch)
-exploration of your current teaching
-fabulous step-by-step guide on how to get started in implementation
Resources Kuhlthau, C.C. (2010) Guided inquiry: School libraries in the 21st century. School Libraries Worldwide,Volume 16, p 1-12.
Kuhlthau, C.C.,Maniotes, L.K., & Caspari, A.K. (2007). Guided inquiry: learning in the 21st century. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.
Harvey, S. and Daniels, H. (2009). Comprehension and collaboration: inquiry circles in action. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.
This quote by Benjamin Franklin is basically inquiry learning in a nutshell. Preparing students for living and working in the changing 21st century is a challenge for today's educators (Kuhlthau, 2010) which is where inquiry learning comes in.
Definitions of Inquiry
"Inquiry is an approach to learning whereby students find and use a variety of sources of information and ideas to increase their understanding of a problem, topic or issue." (Kuhlthau, Maniotes & Caspari, 2007).
"Inquiry based teaching is problem or question driven; it encourages collaboration; it makes kids into exploreres and discoverers; it requires kids to think; and it puts teachers into nonconventional roles." (Harvey & Daniels, 2009).
What does inquiry include?
Do you want to watch an example?
Do you want to learn more?
Thirteen Ed Online (Concept to Classroom) has this great site that has:
-explanation of inquiry based learning
-demonstration of inquiry in classrooms (with videos to watch)
-exploration of your current teaching
-fabulous step-by-step guide on how to get started in implementation
Resources
Kuhlthau, C.C. (2010) Guided inquiry: School libraries in the 21st century. School Libraries Worldwide,Volume 16, p 1-12.
Kuhlthau, C.C.,Maniotes, L.K., & Caspari, A.K. (2007). Guided inquiry: learning in the 21st century. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.
Harvey, S. and Daniels, H. (2009). Comprehension and collaboration: inquiry circles in action. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Reid, Paul. (n.d.) Empowering inquiry based learning with web 2.0 mashups. From http://www.slideshare.net/paulreid/inquiry-b-lweb20-ss slide 10.